External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 139934	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95704	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97199	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89684
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92714	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93122	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86665	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97354
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96449	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97757	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97734	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97270
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97879	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97581	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98011	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95969
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105457	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105583	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105092	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113793
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104579	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102159	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100533	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98386
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95813	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120239

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease